Improve Your Business Efficiency With Lean Office Strategies

738 Vermont 15,Hyde Park VT 05655

16 March, 2022

Description

This workshop is a very high-level overview of some of the concepts, tools and techniques used to reduce waste and make improvement. If your business includes a busy office and you would like to learn how to make it run more efficiently, effectively and in a way that saves you money, then this may be the best three hours of your time you spend this year. A well-run, well-managed and efficient small business is the backbone to all business success whether that business is a manufacturer, provider of a service or involved in the hospitality and recreation industries. Doing everything possible to make your business as “Lean” as possible is crucial to ensuring your business’s long term viability and profitability. This workshop is a very high-level overview of some of the concepts, tools and techniques that are used to reduce waste and make improvements in office processes. With a mix of content and interactive exercises drawn from multiple sources, you will be provided with a solid understanding of how office processes can be improved. Concepts to be covered include: • Lean: fix the process, don’t blame the people • Process thinking• Saving time in office processes • The organized computer desktop • Standard work, find the best way • Value Stream Mapping: identifying waste in complex processes. Lean principles started in the manufacturing world, but are just as valuable for non-manufacturing processes. This three hour introduction to Lean Office provides a brief history of Lean concepts with real-world examples. Lean tools such as standard work, batch reduction, pull systems, value stream mapping, and workplace organization are introduced along with hands-on exercises. Get ideas about how to find and eliminate waste in your office and administrative processes. VMEC will supply all materials for this training SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY: Bill Kuhns is a Mechanical Engineer who caught the computer bug early, starting a business making embedded test equipment in 1980. After working as an aerospace engineer for more than 15 years, he started a second career as a process improvement consultant with VMEC. In that role he worked with companies ranging from small manufacturers to IBM, focusing on process improvement in office and administrative functions. He also designed and built a house for his family and added a biomass heating system. The automated controls he designed for the heating system became another business – Vermont Energy Control Systems LLC (VECS). The open-source monitoring and control system produced by VECS quickly found applications far beyond home heating, including food and agricultural products, leading to a third career as an entrepreneur. In 2017, VECS was chosen by our Congressional representative to represent Vermont at the US House Internet Of Things Showcase, and Bill was asked to testify to the House Energy & Commerce Committee. IMPORTANT NOTE - Masks are currently required at the venue. Please bring one with you since that requirement may still be in place. No other COVID restrictions are expected outside of masking. If masks are no longer required by the venue by the time the workshop date arrives you will not be asked to wear one. This event is being held in partnership with the Vermont Small Business Development Center. VtSBDC is Funded in part through a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. All opinions, conclusions, and/or recommendations expressed herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA.